EP0731355B1 - Reagenzhandhabungsverfahren, sowie Vorrichtung zur Unterdrückung der Aktivitätsverminderung des Reagenzes - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of handling reagents and an apparatus thereof and, more particularly, to a method of handling a reagent and an apparatus thereof suitable for reagents which are accelerated to be deteriorated by carbonic acid gas in atmospheric air during analyzing biological samples.
- An automated analyzing apparatus of this kind is disclosed, for example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.4-326063 (1992).
- a sample and a reagent are delivered in a reaction container, and the reaction liquid is measured using a photometer.
- Each of two reagent rerigerators for the analyzing apparatus has a movable holder on which a lot of reagent bottles are placed. kind of each reagent can be identified by reading the bar code marked on the reagent bottle.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a method of handling reagents and an apparatus thereof which are improved so as to not uselessly consume purge gas for suppressing deterioration in effect of the reagents due to carbonic acid gas in atmospheric air.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of handling reagents and an apparatus thereof in which supply of the purge gas is controlled by automatically judging whether or not it is necessary to supply the purge gas to a reagent containing chamber.
- FIG.1 shows the schematic construction of an automatic blood analyzer as an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
- the analyzer has a sample disk 67, a reagent containing chamber 5, a reaction disk 70 and so on.
- sample cups 68 On the sample disk 67 rotable clockwise and counterclockwise, there are a lot of sample cups 68 containing blood serum samples originated from patients arranged roundly. Each of the sample cups 68 is intermittently placed at a sample sucking position.
- the reagent containing chamber 5 has a cover 11 which is opened when the reagent bottles 4 are loaded and unloaded. Inside the reagent containing chamber 5, there is provided a reagent disk 6 rotatable clockwise and counterclockwise. On the reagent disk 6, there are a lot of reagent bottles 4 arranged radially.
- a reaction disk 70 holds a lot of reaction containers 30 arranged roundly. The row of the reaction containers 30 are heated at 37°C.
- a stirring mechanism device 71 and a reactor container cleaning mechanism device 72 are operated to the reaction disk 70 with a preset period.
- the row of the reaction containers 30 are transferred round passing across a light beam between an incandescent light source 91 and a multi-wavelength photometer 92.
- Each of blood serum samples is required to be analyzed for a plurality of analysis items depending on a corresponding disease to be inspected.
- a sample pipetting nozzle held by a pipetter arm 69 delivers a sample from a sample cup 68 positioned at the sample sucking position into the reaction containers 30 number of which corresponds to the number of analysis items.
- a reagent pipetting nozzle 42 held by a reagent pipetter arm 42 delivers a reagent corresponding to each of the analysis items from the reagent bottle 4 into the reaction container 30.
- a mixture of sample and reagent in the reaction container 30 is mixed by the stirring mechanism device 71 to progress a desired reaction.
- optical characteristic of the reaction liquid is measured by the photometer 92.
- the reaction container 30 after completion of measurement is cleaned by the cleaning mechanism device 72, and the recovered reaction container is to be used for another sample.
- the reagent containing chamber 5 is closed by the cover 11 and is brought to a substantially sealed state.
- a purge gas for sweeping air containing carbonic acid gas is supplied into the reagent containing chamber 5. Flow rate of the supplied purge gas is comparatively large just after closing the cover, and then decreased.
- the inside of the reagent containing chamber 5 is kept at a temperature lower than room temperature by a cooling device 9. Opening and closing of the cover 11 is detected by that an end portion of a vertical moving member 77 held by a spring 78 moves in and comes out of a detector 12. Signals from the detector 12 composed of a photo-coupler indicating opening and closing of the cover 11 is transmitted to a control device 16 composed of a micro-computer. A gear 74 and a disk 75 for confirming position are attached to a rotating shaft of the reagent disk 6 arranged in the reagent containing chamber 5. Driving force of a driving device 31 operated and controlled by the control device 16 is transmitted to the gear 74 through a gear 73.
- Position of the reagent disk 6 is performed by detecting the positions of the perforations using a position detector 76 composed of a photo-coupler.
- Each of reagent bottles 4 mounted on the reagent disk 6 has an opening to allow the reagent pipetting nozzle 2 to enter through, and contains a reagent liquid 1 corresponding to each of analysis items.
- a bar code label 13 is attached on the outer wall of each of the reagent bottles 4.
- Information on name of measuring item, kind of reagent, number of production and so on displayed by bar code is read by the bar code reader 7 to be input to the control device 16. Based on the information from the bar code reader 7 and the information from the position detector 76, the control device 16 can recognize which position of the reagent disk 6 a reagent to be used for an analysis item is mounted on.
- a specified analysis item affected by CO 2 which is registered in a memory device of the control device 16 in advance, is checked with a corresponding analysis item of a reagent bottle placed on the reagent disk 6. If it is judged that a reagent bottle for the specified analysis item is placed, the control device 16 operates and control the gas supply device so as to supply a purge gas into the reagent containing chamber 5.
- the inside of the reagent containing chamber 5 can be substantially sealed from atmosphere.
- the cover 15 is rotated by a driving device 54 to open the opening 14 when the reagent pipetting nozzle 2 sucks the reagent liquid in the reagent bottle 4 and close the opening 14 after the nozzle 2 is drawn up from the reagent containing chamber.
- Vertical movement and horizontal movement of the reagent pipetting nozzle 2 are performed by a nozzle vertical moving device 27.
- the purge gas supply device comprises a filter 17 for removing dust and the like in air, a pump 18 for taking-in air, a column 19 for removing carbonic acid gas filled with carbonic acid gas absorbent 23, a pressure detector 20 for detecting pressure inside the gas flow passage, a valve 21 for controlling flow rate of the purge gas, a cooling device 22 for cooling the purge gas, a gas introducing passage 10 for introducing the purge gas through the bottom of the reagent containing chamber 5, a gas injection nozzle 24 for introducing the purge gas from the top of the reagent containing chamber 5, and a switch valve 26 for selecting method of flowing the purge gas, that is, the purge gas is allowed to flow through both of the introducing passage 10 and the nozzle 24, or to flow through either of the introducing passage 10 and the nozzle 24.
- the pump 18, the flow control valve 21 and the switching valve 26 are operated and controlled by the control device 16.
- a high pressure compressed nitrogen gas cylinder is connected to the flow control valve 21.
- FIG.3 a view showing the carbonic acid gas absorption column 19 and its vicinity of FIG.2.
- Sodalime is filled in the column 19 as a carbonic acid gas absorbent.
- Sodalime is a chemical compound containing calcium hydroxide of nearly 80%, sodium hydroxide of nearly 5% and water of nearly 15%.
- Phosphete hydroxide may be used instead of sodium hydroxide, and further it is possible to use a chemical compound of which a part of calcium hydroxide, for example 10% of total, is exchanged by ballium hydroxide.
- the sodalime is preferably formed in a particle-shape, in a pellet-shape or in a disk-shape having size of 2 mm to 6 mm since air is difficult to flow through when the size is too small and absorbing capability is decreased when the size is too large.
- the concentration of carbonic acid gas in the processed purge gas can be lowered to 10 ppm or less. Further, it is possible to continuously operate for 1.0 to 1.5 months with the air flow rate of approximately 2 liters per minute. It is preferable to use the column 19 in such a manner that direction of the long axes of its U-shaped pipe is held vertical, as shown in FIG.3.
- a temperature and humidity regulating device 34 is connected in upstream of the column 19. The regulating device 34 has a humidity regulating bottle 35 communicated with the air flow passage.
- Water 36 in the bottle 35 is maintained at a constant temperature of 35°C by a temperature control device 33.
- the air introduced in the column 19 becomes to have a proper humidity and proper temperature, and consequently the carbonic acid gas absorbing capability of the sodalime can be maintained constant.
- a porous air filter 37 having perforation diameter of 10 ⁇ m for preventing sodalime powder from flowing into the column.
- Time period of supplying the purge gas corresponds to operating period of the pump 18.
- the control device 16 is monitoring the operating state of the pump 18 and accumulation value of operating time of the pump after a column 19 is mounted is stored in a memory of the control device 16.
- an alarm for exchanging the column is displayed on a CRT display 25 of FIG.2.
- a printer or a voice device other than the display may be used as the alarm means.
- measuring of the operating time of the pump is updated and started again.
- the gas introducing passage 10 arranged in the bottom of the reagent containing chamber 5 of FIG.2 also serves as a drain 60.
- the drain 60 has a bend to form a liquid trap 61.
- a gas flow passage 63 having a bend portion 64 is connected to an inlet 62 provided at a position slightly higher than the maximum liquid level 65 of the liquid trap 61. Since the gas flow passage 63 is inclined upward, the waste liquid cannot enter into the gas flow passage 63. Since the inside of the reagent containing chamber 5 is cooled, water condensed on the wall surface of the containing chamber 5 flows downward and is exhausted to the external through the liquid trap 61. Since there is always liquid in the liquid trap 61, the purge gas introduced from the gas flow passage 63 cannot be exhausted through the drain 60.
- Reagent bottles containing reagents deteriorated their effect by carbonic acid gas are contained in the reagent containing chamber 5 of FIG.2 together with other reagent bottles.
- An example of analysis items required to use such special reagents is a case of measuring bicarbonate ions, calcium, magnesium and the like.
- a solution containing magnesium chloride, phosphoenol pyruvate, tris-HCl buffer and NADH is used as a first reagent
- a solution containing tris-HCl buffer, phosphoenol pyruvate carboxylase and malate dihydrogenase is used as a second reagent.
- an analyzer used is one where two apparatuses having the same construction as the apparatus of FIG.2 are arranged in two lines. Otherwise, by placing the first reagent and the second reagent in the reagent containing chamber 5 together, it is possible to avoid the effect of carbonic acid gas.
- Step 100 in FIG.5 the cover 11 for loading and unloading the reagent bottles is opened, and all kinds of the reagent bottles necessary for samples to be analyzed are mounted on the reagent disk 6. In this process, each cap of the reagent bottles is removed and the reagent liquid is exposed to atmosphere.
- Step 100 kinds or codes of analysis items using reagents accelerated deterioration of effect by carbonic acid gas over time are key-input from the input device 8.
- the information is registered in a spacial analysis item table in the memory of the control device 16 composed of a micro-computer. Instead of analysis items to be registered, it is possible to input kinds or codes of reagents themselves affected by carbonic acid gas and to register them in a special reagent table.
- Step 101 as the cover 1 is closed, a detected signal by the detector is transmitted to the control device 16. Based on this, the control device 16 instructs the bar code reader 7 to read the bar code on each of the reagent bottles 4.
- Step 102 the analysis item infirmation or the reagent information read from the bar codes is related with positional information from the position detecting device 76 by the control device 16, and stored in the memory.
- Step 103 the analysis item infirmation or the reagent information read is checked against the information registered in the special reagent table. Then, it is judged whether or not any reagent bottle 4 corresponding to the registered information is contained in the reagent containing chamber 5. If there is any reagent bottle containing a reagent affected by carbonic acid gas in the reagent containing chamber, the processing proceeds to Step 104. If not, the processing proceeds to Step 106.
- Step 104 the control device 16 instructs the pump 18, the flow control valve 21 and the switching valve 26 in the purge gas supply device to operate under a condition that the opening 14 is closed with the cover 15.
- air removed carbonic acid gas is supplied to the reagent containing chamber 5 as a purge gas.
- the flow control valve 21 is controlled so as to maintain the flow rate at 5 liter/minutes.
- the switching valve 26 selects flow path so that the purge gas flows in through both of the gas introducing passage 10 and the gas injection nozzle 24.
- Step 104 Concentration of carbonic acid gas in out-door atmospheric air is approximately 330 ppm, and that in-door atmospheric air is 500 to 1000 ppm. Concentration of carbonic acid gas in the purge gas is kept below 50 ppm, and preferably 20 ppm.
- the time period from Step 104 to Step 106 is set within 30 minutes. At 10 minutes after starting the purge gas supply, the processing proceeds to Step 105.
- Step 105 the control valve 21 is throttled to maintain the supplying flow rate of the purge gas at 0.5 liter/minutes.
- the switching valve 26 selects flow path so that the purge gas flows in only through the gas introducing passage 10. This state is maintained for 5 minutes, and the processing proceeds to Step 106. In this time period, it is possible to intermittently supply the purge gas.
- the supply gas flow rate may be changed depending on size of the reagent containing chamber 5 and number of reagent bottles affected by carbonic acid gas.
- Step 107 a reagent bottle 4 corresponding to an analysis item instructed to be analyzed is placed at the position of the opening 14. This action is performed by controlling the driving device 31 by the control device 16 to rotate the reagent disk 6. Then, in Step 108, the driving device is operated by an instruction of the control device 16, and the opening 14 is opened by rotating the cover 15 counterclockwise as shown in FIG.2.
- Step 109 the reagent pipetting nozzle 2 is moved downward, and inserted into the reagent liquid in the reagent bottle 4 through the opening 14. A given amount of the reagent liquid is sucked into the nozzle 2 by operation of a syringe, not shown in the figure. Then, the nozzle 2 is lifted up from the reagent containing chamber 5, and in Step 110 the opening 14 is closed with the cover 15. During the time period of Step 108 to Step 110, supply flow rate of the purge gas may be increased from the previous flow rate of 0.5 liter/minutes to 2 liter/minutes. The reagent sucked in the nozzle is discharged into a desired reaction bottle 30 on the reaction disk 70.
- Step 111 it is judged by the control device 16 whether or not there is any reagent affected by carbonic acid gas in the reagent containing chamber. If there is, the processing proceeds to Step 112. If not, the processing proceeds to Step 114.
- Step 112 flow rate of the purge gas is increased to 2 liter/minutes for a certain period, for example, 30 seconds. By doing so, air containing carbonic acid gas is accelerated to be wept out from the reagent containing chamber 5. Then, in Step 113, flow rate of the purge gas is decreased to the previous flow rate of 0.5 liter/minutes. Operations in Step 111 and Step 112 may be performed just before Step 108.
- Step 114 it is judged whether or not any analysis item requiring the next reagent to be pipetted is instructed. If there is a sample to be analyzed next, the processing proceeds to Step 107. If there is no sample to be analyzed, the processing proceeds to Step 115, operation of the reagent pipetting is completed, and the apparatus becomes in a stand-by condition. In a case where any reagent affected by carbonic acid gas is contained in the reagent containing chamber 5, the purge gas is supplied to the reagent containing chamber 5 even when the apparatus is in a stand-by state.
- FIG.6 shows the main part of another embodiment of a reagent containing chamber in accordance with the present invention.
- the embodiment of FIG.6 has no reagent disk in the reagent containing chamber 80.
- the reagent containing chamber 80 there are placed a lot of reagent bottles 4a to 4n, and each of the reagent bottles corresponds to each of tubes 84a to 84n of which an end is inserted into the corresponding reagent bottle.
- the reagent liquids are delivered to reaction containers 30 allocated respective analysis items through the tubes 84a to 84n and reagent delivering tubes 85a to 85n by operation of syringes 28a to 28n.
- a pair of sealing covers 81, 82 are attached in the box-type reagent containing chamber 80.
- Each of the covers 81, 82 has a projection 86, and when the reagent containing chamber 80 is closed with the cover, an opening/closing detector 87 detects the projection 86 and transmits a signal indicating closing of the cover to a control device 90.
- Functions of a purge gas supply device, an input device 8, a display 25 are the same as in the embodiment of FIG.2.
- a gas injecting nozzle 83 for supplying purge gas is connected to the reagent containing chamber 80.
- reagent information on reagent bottles contained in the reagent containing chamber 80 is checked against the registered information. Based on the checking result, the control device 90 judges whether or not there is any reagent bottle corresponding to the registered information. After the control device 90 receives both of the information on existence of the corresponding reagent bottle and a signal of the cover closed form the detector 87, the control device 90 allows the purge gas to flow into the reagent containing chamber 80 through the gas injection nozzle 83.
- FIG.7 shows an embodiment where a gas injection nozzle 40 is held by a pipetter arm 42 instead of the gas injection nozzle 24 of FIG.2.
- purge gas is injected from the gas injection nozzle 40 during reagent pipetting operation using the nozzle 2.
- calibration operation of measuring a calibrator has to be performed in the frequency of once per 2 hours in regard to an analysis item using a reagent affected by carbonic acid gas.
- the frequency of calibration operation is reduced to once a week. Therefore, the consumed amount of a reagent and a sample for calibration can be decreased as well as analysis time can be reduced.
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- Verfahren zum Handhaben eines Reagens durch Zuführen eines Reinigungsgases zum Ausspülen von Luft enthaltendem Kohlensäuregas aus einer Reagenzien enthaltenden Kammer (5), welche eine Vielzahl von Reagenzflaschen (4) enthält, mit folgenden Schritten:(a) Registrieren von Informationen über ein Reagens, das sich in Kohlensäuregas verschlechtert, und von Informationen über einen Analysegegenstand, welcher das Reagens in einer Steuervorrichtung (16) benutzt, vorab;(b) Beurteilen, ob eine entsprechende Reagenzflasche (4) vorhanden ist oder nicht durch Prüfen von Reagenzinformationen über die Reagenzflaschen (4), welche in der Reagenzien enthaltenden Kammer (5) enthalten sind, und von Informationen über die Analysegegenstände entsprechend den enthaltenen Reagenzien gegen die registrierten Informationen unter Verwendung der Steuervorrichtung (16); und(c) Erzeugen von Reinigungsgas durch Hindurchführen von Luft durch eine Säule (19), gefüllt mit einem Absorptionsmittel (23) zum Absorbieren von Kohlensäuregas, und Zuführen des erzeugten Reinigungsgases zu der Reagenzien enthaltenden Kammer (5) von einer Gaszufuhrvorrichtung, wenn die beurteilten Informationen zeigen, dass eine entsprechende Reagenzflasche (4) enthalten ist und die die Reagenzien enthaltende Kammer (5) in einen im Wesentlichen abgedichteten Zustand gebracht worden ist.
- Verfahren zum Handhaben eines Reagens nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Austauschzeit des Absorptionsmittels (23) alarmiert wird, begründet auf einem akkumulierten Wert der Betriebszeit der Gaszufuhrvorrichtung zum Zuführen von Reinigungsgas.
- Vorrichtung zum Handhaben eines Reagens, aufweisend eine Reagenzien enthaltende Kammer (5), eine Registriereinrichtung zum Registrieren von Informationen über ein Reagens, das sich in Kohlensäuregas verschlechtert, und von Informationen über einen Analysegegenstand unter Verwendung des Reagens, eine Steuervorrichtung (16), eine Gaszufuhrvorrichtung zum Zuführen eines Reinigungsgases zum Ausspülen eines Luft enthaltenden Kohlensäuregases aus der Reagenzien enthaltenden Kammer (5) und eine Beurteilungseinrichtung zum Beurteilen, ob eine entsprechende Reagenzflasche (4) vorhanden ist oder nicht durch Prüfen der Reagenzinformationen über die Reagenzflaschen (4), enthalten in der Reagenzien enthaltenden Kammer (5), und von Informationen über die Analysegegenstände entsprechend den enthaltenen Reagenzien gegen die registrierten Informationen,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Vorrichtung weiter aufweist:eine Einlasseinrichtung zum Einlassen von Luft; undeine Säule (19), gefüllt mit einem Absorptionsmittel (23) zum Absorbieren von in der eingelassenen Luft enthaltener Kohlensäure,wobei die Steuervorrichtung (16) angeordnet ist, um die Gaszufuhrvorrichtung zu steuern, um das Reinigungsgas in die Reagenzien enthaltende Kammer (5) einzuführen, wenn die beurteilten Informationen zeigen, dass eine entsprechende Reagenzflasche (4) enthalten ist. - Vorrichtung zum Handhaben eines Reagens nach Anspruch 3, weiter aufweisend:eine Überwachungseinrichtung zum Überwachen des Betriebszustandes der Einlasseinrichtung; undeine Alarmeinrichtung zum Alarmieren der Austauschzeit des Absorptionsmittels (23), begründet auf einem akkumulierten Wert der Betriebszeit, erhalten durch die Überwachungseinrichtung.
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